Head-To-Head: Ireland v Wales

Did you know?: This weekend will see Ireland bid for their ninth win in 11 meetings with Wales in Cardiff since 1983. See below for more statistical information previewing Sunday’s Six Nations clash.

2007 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Sunday, February 4

WALES v IRELAND, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: Steve Walsh (New Zealand), David Changleng (Scotland)
Television Match Official: tbc (England)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 111
Wales won – 61
Ireland won – 44
Drawn – 6

Biggest Wins:

Wales – Points – 34-9 in 1976
Wales – Margin – 29-0 in 1907
Ireland – Points & Margin – 54-10 in 2002

Wales v Ireland – In Cardiff Since 1983:

Played – 10
Wales won – 1
Ireland won – 8
Drawn – 1
(Ireland also won Wales’ ‘home’ game at Wembley in 1999 by 29-23)

Wales v Ireland – All Matches Since 1995:

Played – 14
Wales won – 3
Ireland won – 11
(Wales’ wins were in Dublin in 1998 and 2000, and in Cardiff in the 2005 Grand Slam match (32-20))

Composite Six Nations’ Records (2000-2007):

Wales – Played 35, Won 14, Drawn 2, Lost 19
Ireland – Played 35, Won 25, Drawn 0, Lost 10

Wales – From Guide From 2006 Six Nations:

England (6N) away, lost 13-47
Scotland (6N) home, won 28-18
Ireland (6N) away, lost 5-31
Italy (6N) home, drawn 18-18
France (6N) home, lost 16-21
Argentina away, lost 25-27
Argentina away, lost 27-45
Australia home, drawn 29-29
Pacific Islanders home, won 38-20
Canada home, won 61-26
New Zealand home, lost 10-45

Ireland – Form Guide From 2006 Six Nations:

Italy (6N) home, won 26-16
France (6N) away, lost 31-43
Wales (6N) home, won 31-5
Scotland (6N) home, won 15-9
England (6N) away, won 28-24
New Zealand away, lost 23-34
New Zealand away, lost 17-27
Australia away, lost 15-37
South Africa home, won 32-15
Australia home, won 21-6
Pacific Islanders home, won 61-17

Wales – Most Capped Players:

92 Gareth Llewellyn
90 Gareth Thomas
87 Neil Jenkins
84 Colin Charvis
72 Ieuan Evans
65 Martyn Williams
59 Rob Howley, Garin Jenkins
58 Stephen Jones

Wales – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1049 Neil Jenkins
512 Stephen Jones
304 Paul Thorburn
211 Arwel Thomas
185 Gareth Thomas
166 Phil Bennett

Wales – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

37 Gareth Thomas
33 Ieuan Evans
28 Shane Williams
20 Gareth Edwards
20 Gerald Davies
20 Colin Charvis
18 Rhys Williams

Ireland – Most Capped Players:

83 Malcolm O’Kelly
72 Peter Stringer, David Humphreys
70 Kevin Maggs, Brian O’Driscoll
69 Girvan Dempsey, Mike Gibson
68 John Hayes
66 Ronan O’Gara
63 Willie John McBride

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

660 Ronan O’Gara
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
217 Ollie Campbell

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

28 Brian O’Driscoll
27 Denis Hickie
18 Shane Horgan
17 Geordan Murphy, Brendan Mullin
15 Keith Wood, Kevin Maggs
14 Girvan Dempsey, George Stephenson